Today, the students of Peizhou College finished their break, and when they returned to the college, they found that there were many unfamiliar students.

The students were stunned at first, and then confused. It was obvious that the dean did not inform them in advance that students from the north would come to Peizhou to study.

Some of them walked over to the northern students and talked to them enthusiastically, but most of them were indifferent and didn't care.

"You are from the North!"

One student looked shocked and couldn't help but raise his voice.

His voice attracted the attention of other students.

"It takes more than a month to travel from Beidi to Peizhou..."

The northern student who was talking to him smiled shyly and said, "Although it's been more than a month, I saw a lot of beautiful scenery along the way."

"laugh…"

Someone sneered.

Jiang An, who had sharp ears, heard someone say, what scenery is there to see in the barren north...

The little girl yawned again and frowned.

Why are these people from the South so explosive and difficult to get along with?

The student who came to talk wanted to ask some details. After all, they were all young men, and who wouldn't like to see the free and easy style of the young man?

"Qi Yaoba, the dean will be here soon. What are you talking about here? Go back and sit down!"

The person who was speaking was sitting in the first row of the hall, with one hand resting on his bent knee, looking casual, as if this was not a college but his home.

When his name was called, Qi Yao shrank his neck, responded with a nod, and returned to his seat in dejection.

The students around him laughed at him openly when they saw him like that.

This normal scene in Peizhou College made the students from the north very uncomfortable.

This isn't how it should be between classmates!

Jiang An had been paying attention to the arrogant boy in the first row. She poked Li Xingsang's arm and whispered, "Xingsang, do you think his face is a little familiar~"

Huo Changming leaned over and asked with a sad tone, "Why didn't my sister ask me..."

Li Xingsang shoved his face back without any hesitation, "Shut up."

The cold and ruthless young master put on a different face when facing Jiang An, "The young lady from the Marquis' Mansion yesterday?"

The little girl nodded, "Yes!"

This domineering look is exactly the same!

Qi Shanyuan, who did not participate in the group activities yesterday, came over with red eyes and asked with concern: "Did An An have a conflict with someone yesterday?"

The little girl curled her lips and hugged Yuanyuan's arm, "Yuanyuan, An'an is telling you...blah blah..."

"She's too much...blah blah..."

Qi Shanyuan's eyes dimmed and he stroked An An's head.

"The one sitting in the front is Chen Jiaojiao's brother, who is two years older than her and is also the legitimate son of the second wife of Marquis Zhongshun."

He had met this young man more than once before.

But Qi Shanyuan still appeared in front of him today...

He believed that such a person would not remember the ants he had stepped on.

The little girl wrinkled her nose and moved closer to Yuanyuan, wishing she could put her whole face under the young master's eyelids.

"He bullied you?"

Qi Shanyuan's eyebrows softened, and he responded in a muffled voice, as if he was acting coquettishly, "Yeah."

Jiang An patted his chest and said, "Yuanyuan, don't be afraid. An An will avenge you!"

I will debate with him for a while and guarantee that he will doubt his life!

"The warden is here!"

After this voice sounded, the whole hall fell silent and everyone sat upright.

Except for the sleepy Jiang An and that young man.

The dean and the teacher walked into the hall one after another, and they seemed to be having a pleasant conversation.

The dean stood at the highest point, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Dear students, today I would like to introduce a teacher to you..."

"Brother Qiu is also very famous in Kyoto, and he is unrivaled!"

"He traveled thousands of miles to bring students from the north to study here. His determination is beyond compare to this old man!"

The Master stood up calmly and bowed, "Thank you, Dean."

Jiang An muttered to himself, "Master must be thinking, I heard you release... um..."

Qi Shanyuan covered the little girl's mouth with one hand and patted her head with the other hand, "The prince told me before I left that I was not allowed to talk nonsense."

The little girl stiffened her neck and widened her round eyes.

"No no no!"

Translation: An An didn’t, An An was just speaking from her heart!

The dean continued, "Today, I have discussed with Master Qiu that since the students from our two places are gathered together, let's debate!"

He raised his hand, and on it was a copy of Zhuangzi.

The book "Zhuangzi" is highly praised by students. Whether Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly or the butterfly dreamed of Zhuang Zhou, once became a hot topic of debate in the library of Peizhou.

Some of the students sitting in the classroom today have witnessed the grand occasion of that time. It was common for scholars to take off their shoes and throw them on each other's heads when they were arguing with each other.

The dean of the academy knew that he was easy-going and open-minded among the students. At this moment, he was joking with a smile, "Students from the north have come from afar, so we should still practice harmony..."

"Throwing shoes is not an option!"

The students burst into relaxed laughter.

Li Xingsang frowned, as if he was overthinking?

Why did the dean's words sound like he looked down on students from the North?

The teacher smiled faintly, standing below the dean, and did not seem at a disadvantage at all.

He looked at his students and said half-jokingly, "People in the north are honest. If anyone wants to throw shoes, they will probably throw them first..."

"Students, there is no need to hide your shortcomings."

Even if you don't hide, you may not be able to win the debate against my students, so don't hide, or you will lose miserably!

What a joke! He has never been afraid of anyone whether he is in Kyoto or the North!

The teacher smiled and glanced in the direction of his elementary school students and Qi Shanyuan and Li Xingsang.

Jiang Mouan straightened his body and successfully received the master's signal.

Jiang An: Don’t worry, I will definitely make you cry!

The topic of the debate between the two groups of students today is a short story from Zhuangzi, "The Debate on the Haoliang Bridge".

Zhuangzi once swam on the Haoliang Bridge with Huizi. Zhuangzi said, "The leisurely swimming of the minnow is the joy of the fish." But Huizi thought, you are not the fish, so how do you know whether it is happy?

Zhuangzi replied, "You are not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish?"

……

One of the students from Peizhou raised his hand. He stood up and bowed, "I am here to greet the Dean and Master Qiu."

"The student thinks that what Huizi said is true. Since you are not a fish, how can you know whether the fish is happy? Similarly, since you are not me, how can you know whether I am happy at this moment?"

Li Xingsang immediately stood up and said, "What this student said, 'You are not me, how do you know whether I am happy or not?' This is the same as what Huizi said in Zhuangzi, 'You are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of a fish?' So I will reply to this student with Zhuangzi's 'You are not me, how do you know that I do not know the happiness of a fish?'"

This is tantamount to saying, since you can only recite the book, I will reply to you with the contents of the book, and you don't even need to think about how to argue.

Back and forth, it seemed like a debate, but in fact it was an attempt to embarrass the students of Peizhou and the dean of the academy!

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